Received an amazing answer from the admin of mastodon.art.
As a result, I do not wish to remain affiliated with this instance. I am going to look for another mastodon server whose administration holds less extreme views. Hope to reconnect there with the people I've been following here.
@LisaSaarloos@mastodon.art @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl @brmkstr@mastodon.nl